Privacy Policy

GDPR Privacy Policy

Our privacy policy was last updated on February 21, 2024.

This privacy policy describes our policies and procedures for collecting, using, and disclosing your data when you use the service, and informs you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

We use your personal data to provide and improve the service. By using the service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this privacy policy.

Interpretation and definitions

interpretation

Words whose initial letter is capitalized have the meaning defined under the following conditions. The following definitions have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in the singular or plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this privacy policy, the following applies:

  • Account refers to a unique account that is created for you to access our service or parts of our service.
  • The company (referred to in this agreement as the Company, We, Us or Our) refers to Ottocast-Germany
    For the purposes of the GDPR, the company is the data controller.
  • Country refers to the United States.
  • Cookies are small files that are stored by a website on your computer, mobile device or other device and contain, among other things, details about your browsing history on that website.
  • In the context of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), the controller is the company that is the legal entity which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.
  • Device refers to any device that can access the service, e.g., a computer, a mobile phone, or a digital tablet.
  • Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
    For the purposes of the GDPR, personal data is any information relating to you, such as a name, identification number, location data, online identifier or one or more factors specific to your physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity.
  • Service refers to the website.
  • Service provider refers to any natural or legal person who processes data on behalf of the company. This includes third-party companies or individuals commissioned by the company to facilitate the service, provide the service on behalf of the company, perform service-related tasks, or assist the company in analyzing service usage.
    For the purposes of the GDPR, service providers are considered data processors.
  • Usage data refers to data that is automatically collected, either through the use of the service or from the service infrastructure itself (e.g., the duration of a page visit).
  • The website is called Ottocast-Germany and can be reached at ottocast.de.
  • It refers to the person accessing or using the service, or the company or other legal entity on whose behalf such person accesses or uses the service, as applicable.
    In accordance with the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), you can also be referred to as a data subject or user, since you are the person using the service.

Collection and use of your personal data

Types of data collected

Personal data

While using our service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personal information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personal information may include, but is not limited to, the following:

  • E-mail address
  • First and Last Name
  • Telephone number
  • Address, State/Region, Province, Zip Code, City
  • Usage data

Usage data

Usage data is collected automatically when using the service.

Usage data may include information such as your device's Internet Protocol address (e.g., IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our service that you visit, the date and time of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.

When you access the service via or using a mobile device, we may automatically collect certain information, including but not limited to: the type of mobile device you are using, your mobile device's unique ID, your mobile device's IP address, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile internet browser, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that your browser sends each time you visit our service or when you access the service via or using a mobile device.

Tracking technologies and cookies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to monitor activity on our service and store certain information. The tracking technologies used include beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information, as well as to improve and analyze our service. The technologies we use may include:

  • Cookies, or browser cookies, are small files stored on your device. You can configure your browser to refuse all cookies or to notify you when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some parts of our service. Unless you have adjusted your browser settings to refuse cookies, our service may use cookies.
  • Web Beacons. Certain areas of our service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also called clear GIFs, pixel tags, and single-pixel GIFs). These allow the company, for example, to count the number of users who have visited these pages or opened an email, as well as to collect other website statistics (e.g., to track the popularity of a particular section and to check system and server integrity).

Cookies can be persistent cookies or session cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your computer or mobile device when you go offline, while session cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser.

We use both session and persistent cookies for the purposes described below:

  • Necessary/Essential Cookies
     Type: Session cookies
    Managed by: We
    Purpose: These cookies are necessary to provide you with services available through the website and to enable you to use certain features. They help to authenticate users and prevent misuse of user accounts. Without these cookies, the services you have requested cannot be provided, and we use these cookies solely for the purpose of providing these services.
  • Cookie Policy/Consent Cookies
     Type: Persistent cookies
    Managed by: We
    Purpose: These cookies recognize whether users have consented to the use of cookies on the website.
  • Functionality cookies
     Type: Persistent cookies
    Managed by: We
    Purpose: These cookies allow us to save your choices when using the website, such as login details or language preferences. The aim of these cookies is to offer you a personalized experience and to prevent you from having to re-enter your settings on each visit.
  • Tracking and performance cookies
     Type: Persistent cookies
    Managed by: Third parties
    Purpose: These cookies are used to collect information about website traffic and usage. The information collected by these cookies can directly or indirectly identify you as a visitor. This is because the collected information is typically linked to a pseudonymous identifier assigned to the device you use to access the website. We may also use these cookies to test new pages, features, or functionalities of the website and understand how our users respond to them.

For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please see our Cookie Policy or the "Cookies" section of this Privacy Policy.

Use of your personal data

The company may use personal data for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our service , including monitoring the usage of our service.
  • To manage your account: to manage your registration as a user of the service. The personal data you provide may grant you access to various features of the service available to registered users.
  • For contract fulfillment: for the development, compliance and execution of the purchase contract for the products, articles or services you have purchased, or any other contract with us regarding the service.
  • To contact you: via email, telephone calls, SMS or other comparable forms of electronic communication, e.g. push notifications from a mobile application, regarding updates or informational messages relating to the functions, products or contractually agreed services, including security updates, insofar as this is necessary or appropriate for implementation.
  • To provide you with information about news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events we offer that are similar to those you have already purchased or inquired about, unless you have objected to receiving such information.
  • To process your requests: to process and manage your requests to us.
  • In the case of business transfers: We may use your information to evaluate or carry out a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution or any other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets – whether as a continuing business or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation or similar proceedings in which personal data of our service users is among the transferred assets.
  • For other purposes : We may use your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, measuring the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns, and evaluating and improving our service, products, services, marketing activities, and your user experience.

We may share your personal information in the following cases:

  • With service providers: We may share your personal information with service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our service, process payments, and contact you.
  • In the case of business transfers: We may disclose or transfer your personal information in connection with or during negotiations concerning a merger, sale of company assets, financing or the acquisition of our business or part of it to another company.
  • With affiliated companies: We may share your information with our affiliated companies; in this case, we require them to comply with this privacy policy. Affiliated companies include our parent company as well as any subsidiaries, joint venture partners, or other companies that we control or that are under common control.
  • With business partners: We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services, or promotions.
  • With other users: If you share personal information or otherwise interact with other users in public areas, this information can be viewed by all users and further distributed outside.
  • With your consent : We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent.

Storage of your personal data

The company retains your personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes outlined in this privacy policy. We retain and use your personal data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (e.g., if we are legally required to retain your data), to resolve disputes, and to enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The company also retains usage data for internal analysis purposes. Usage data is generally stored for a shorter period, unless it is used to strengthen the security or improve the functionality of our service, or we are legally required to retain it for a longer period.

Transfer of your personal data

Your information, including personal data, will be processed at the company's facilities and at any other locations where the parties involved in the processing are located. This means that this information may be transferred to and stored on computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction, where data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this privacy policy and the subsequent transmission of this information constitute your agreement to this transmission.

The company takes all reasonable measures to ensure that your data is handled securely and in accordance with this privacy policy. Your personal data will only be transferred to an organization or country if appropriate controls are in place, including safeguards for the security of your data and other personal information.

Disclosure of your personal data

Corporate business

If the company is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your personal data may be transferred. We will inform you before your personal data is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

prosecution

Under certain circumstances, the company may be obliged to disclose your personal data if required by law or in response to legitimate requests from public authorities (e.g., a court or government agency).

Further legal requirements

The company may disclose your personal data in good faith if this is necessary to:

  • to comply with a legal obligation
  • to protect and defend the rights or property of the company
  • to prevent or investigate possible misconduct related to the service
  • to protect the personal safety of the service's users or the public
  • to protect oneself against legal liability

Security of your personal data

The security of your personal information is important to us. However, please be aware that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. Although we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Detailed information on the processing of your personal data

The service providers we use may have access to your personal data. These third-party providers collect, store, use, process, and transfer information about your activities on our service in accordance with their own privacy policies.

analysis

We may use third-party service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our service.

Email marketing

We may use your personal data to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials, and other information that may be of interest to you. You can opt out of receiving some or all of these communications by following the unsubscribe link, the instructions in an email we send you, or by contacting us.

GDPR data protection

Legal basis for the processing of personal data according to the GDPR

We may process personal data under the following conditions:

  • Consent: You have given your consent to the processing of personal data for one or more specific purposes.
  • Contract fulfillment: The provision of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract with you and/or for pre-contractual measures.
  • Legal obligations: The processing of personal data is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation to which the company is subject.
  • Vital interests: The processing of personal data is necessary to protect your vital interests or those of another natural person.
  • Public interests: The processing of personal data is related to a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the company.
  • Legitimate interests: The processing of personal data is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the company.

In any case, the company will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing – in particular whether the provision of personal data is required by law or contract, or is a condition for entering into a contract.

Your rights under the GDPR

The company is committed to respecting the confidentiality of your personal data and ensuring that you can exercise your rights.

According to this privacy policy and – if you are located within the EU – by law, you have the right to:

  • You have the right to request information about your personal data. You have the right to access, update, or delete this information. Where possible, you can view, update, or request the deletion of your personal data directly in your account settings. If you are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact us; we will be happy to assist you. This will also allow you to obtain a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
  • You have the right to request the correction of your personal data. You have the right to have incomplete or inaccurate information that we have stored about you corrected.
  • You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data. This right exists if we rely on a legitimate interest as the legal basis and there are aspects of your particular situation that lead you to object on this basis. You also have the right to object if we process your personal data for direct marketing purposes.
  • You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data. You have the right to ask us to delete or remove personal data if there is no compelling reason for further processing.
  • You have the right to request the transfer of your personal data. We will provide you, or a third party designated by you, with your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. Please note that this right only applies to information processed automatically, the use of which you originally consented to, or which we used to fulfill a contract.
  • You have the right to withdraw your consent to the use of your personal data. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to grant you access to certain features of the service.

Exercising your GDPR data protection rights

You can exercise your rights to access, rectification, erasure, and objection by contacting us. Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests. When you submit a request, we will do our best to reply as quickly as possible.

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority regarding our collection and use of your personal data. For further information, please contact your local data protection supervisory authority in the European Economic Area (EEA) if you are located there.

Children's privacy

Our service is not intended for individuals under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from individuals under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us. If we discover that we have collected personal information from individuals under 13 without verifiable parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.

If we need to rely on consent as the legal basis for processing your information and your country requires parental consent, we may ask for your parents' consent before we collect and use your information.

Links to other websites

Our service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be redirected to that third party's website. We strongly recommend that you review the privacy policy of every website you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of third-party websites or services.

Changes to this privacy policy

We may update our privacy policy from time to time. We will inform you of any changes by posting the new privacy policy on this page.

We will inform you by email and/or by a clear notice on our service before the change takes effect and adjust the "Last updated" date at the top of this privacy policy.

It is recommended that you regularly check this privacy policy for changes. Changes to this privacy policy will become effective as soon as they are published on this page.

contact

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, you can contact us: